First Milk (company)


First Milk is a United Kingdom company that supplies milk, cheese and other dairy products. It is a farmer owned co operative, that had about 2,200 members from 2010 to 2011. The company supplies products to the United Kingdom and international markets.

History

In November 2012, Jim Paice became the company's chairperson. At this time the companies revenue was £579m.
In January 2015, the company delayed dividend payments to help cash flow problems due to lack of demand. The company made about seventy redundancies in June the same year.
In 2019, the company was the ninth largest dairy company in the UK based on turnover.

Products

The company owns the brands The Lake District Dairy Co, Pembrokeshire Cheddar, Mull of Kintyre, Scottish Pride and Isle of Arran.